# Explain Randy Newman to me. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 7, 2005, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-randy-newman-to-me/288805 "2005-02-07T14:50:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2005, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-randy-newman-to-me/288805/41 "2005-02-08T15:10:24Z")
> [@BwanaBob](#): > > …I thought OPs were allowed to request their own threads to be closed when the responses answered the OP to their own satisfaction!? Sure, request away. Maybe somebody else will close it. Me, I’m enjoying hearing people say nice things about Randy Newman. ---
**Author:** ![Sauron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce7236/32.png) [@Sauron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sauron)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2005, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-randy-newman-to-me/288805/42 "2005-02-08T15:29:09Z")
> [@Ukulele Ike](#): > > Sure, request away. Maybe somebody else will close it. Me, I’m enjoying hearing people say nice things about Randy Newman. Ike! We’ve reached common musical ground! We may disagree on The Band, but Randy Newman is aces in my book. ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2005, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-randy-newman-to-me/288805/43 "2005-02-08T16:16:40Z")
> [@BwanaBob](#): > > I thought OPs were allowed to request their own threads to be closed when the responses answered the OP to their own satisfaction!? Uh, no. The original poster has no ownership or authority over a thread. The purpose of fighting ignorance may call for discussion that goes above and beyond the narrow interests of one original poster. ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2005, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-randy-newman-to-me/288805/44 "2005-02-08T16:29:25Z")
> [@BwanaBob](#): > > So does this guy have nude photos of every big-wig in Hollywood? This is the only reason I can think of that allows him to do so many freakin’ soundtracks. Maybe that’s how he got his start, who knows, but I think the next movie he gets will be behind the 16 Academy Award nominations for the ones he blackmailed his way into. ---
**Author:** ![GLWasteful](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f05b48/32.png) [@GLWasteful](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GLWasteful)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2005, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-randy-newman-to-me/288805/45 "2005-02-08T17:06:08Z")
> [@Mehitabel](#): > > Uh…_Glory Train_ was a ballad? Well, balladesque. To my way of thinking anywho. Actually, I wish like hell I had seen it in La Jolla. Pre-Mamet and mostly sticking to the original concept album. Although, I coulda done without “Little Island”. No place for it. And my fave is “Sandman’s Coming”. I’m also quite fond of “Northern Boy”. Still at sea inre his voice v. his soundtrack work, too. Sure, he’s got clunkers. But who doesn’t? I’d take average Newman over almost anything out there. ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2005, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-randy-newman-to-me/288805/46 "2005-02-08T17:37:46Z")
If you have watched _Monk_ on TV in the last couple of seasons, you heard Randy Newman singing the opening music, _It’s a Jungle Out There._ The earlier shows opened with somebody else’s solo guitar piece. ---
**Author:** ![BwanaBob](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bwanabob/32/2985_2.png) [@BwanaBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BwanaBob)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2005, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-randy-newman-to-me/288805/47 "2005-02-08T19:53:45Z")
> [@AskNott](#): > > If you have watched _Monk_ on TV in the last couple of seasons, you heard Randy Newman singing the opening music, _It’s a Jungle Out There._ The earlier shows opened with somebody else’s solo guitar piece. I had mentioned that in post #21; I have heard RN sing the Monk theme and in the various Pixar flick soundtracks. And I stand corrected; one of the mods answered my query about thread closures. You learn something every day. So carry on RN fans, the floor is yours, BwanaBob has left the building 🙂 . [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-randy-newman-to-me/288805.md?page=2)